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YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Actor Jeff Daniels explains his Ronald Reagan transformation in new film ‘The Brink of War’

‘The Brink of War’ is a new historical drama based on the true story of the 1986 Reykjavik Summit, where President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met to discuss reducing their nations’ nuclear arsenals amid the threat of global annihilation during the Cold War. Emmy Award-winning actor Jeff Daniels stars as Reagan in the film, and he joins Morning Joe to discuss the challenge of channeling the ‘courage of Reagan’ during this ‘dangerous time.’

AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Ryanair passengers allegedly collapse, vomit after sitting in sweltering cabin without air conditioning

Passengers on a Ryanair flight from Malta to Birmingham say they were trapped for over an hour in a cabin with no air conditioning, with at least two people losing consciousness, and the airline's response has only deepened their frustration. Eva Gregory, a 16-year-old from Derby, England, described a grueling sequence of delays and heat […] The post Ryanair passengers allegedly collapse, vomit after sitting in sweltering cabin without air conditioning appeared first on American Almanac .

Passengers on a Ryanair flight from Malta to Birmingham say they were trapped for over an hour in a cabin with no air conditioning, with at least two people losing consciousness, and the airline's response has only deepened their frustration. Eva Gregory, a 16-year-old from Derby, England, described a grueling sequence of delays and heat exposure aboard Flight FR7268 on August 10 that left passengers sick, panicked, and furious. The flight was scheduled to depart Malta at 5:40 p.m. It did not leave the ground until roughly 7:00 p.m. local time. In between, Gregory and her family say they endured conditions that no paying customer should have to tolerate. Gregory told the Daily Mail that the ordeal began well before boarding. She and her…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Berlin's taxpayer-funded pool planned a swim session for Black visitors only — then canceled it after public backlash

A publicly funded swimming pool in Berlin announced it would bar everyone except Black communities from a six-hour window on a Friday afternoon, drawing condemnation from across Germany's political spectrum before organizers quietly pulled the plug. The temporary open-air pool, built in front of the historic Volksbühne theatre at a cost of roughly €300,000 in […] The post Berlin's taxpayer-funded pool planned a swim session for Black visitors only — then canceled it after public backlash appeared first on American Almanac .

A publicly funded swimming pool in Berlin announced it would bar everyone except Black communities from a six-hour window on a Friday afternoon, drawing condemnation from across Germany's political spectrum before organizers quietly pulled the plug. The temporary open-air pool, built in front of the historic Volksbühne theatre at a cost of roughly €300,000 in public money, had been open barely a week when its operators posted a notice reserving the facility "exclusively to Black communities" on Friday, August 14, from noon to 6 p.m. The pool, free to enter, requiring no ID, was originally marketed as a place for all Berliners to cool off in a city where, by the theatre director's own admission, half the indoor and outdoor pools are…Open